Director Marc Levin (Slam, Whiteboys,
Brooklyn Babylon) travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend Chuck
D (of Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the Chess
Records legacy) to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce an
album that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with contemporary hip hop
musicians. Along with never-before-seen archival footage of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy
Waters and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, are original performances by Koko Taylor,
Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner, and Sam Lay.

Says Levin: "When we were shooting Sam Lay and his band at the
Chicago Blues Festival, they were playing Muddy Waters' classic, 'I Got My Mojo
Workin.' I closed my eyes and was transported back to when I was a 15-year-old
hanging in my buddy's basement listening to the Paul Butterfield Blues Band for
the first time. My life was changed that day, and 35 years later the music's still
shakin' my soul. The feel of that day in the basement is what I have set out to capture in this film."